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End-of-Life Care

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Given the challenges in management of elderly surgical patients, it is clear that during a surgeon’s career he/she will encounter many patients with end-of-life needs. However, there is much evidence that quality of care at the end of life as perceived by patients and their families suffers. An understanding of issues involving palliative care and the ethical management of patients and their families is necessary to improve the care of the dying patient.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, 9200 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, 53226, USA

    Karen J. Brasel MD, MPH

  2. Trauma & Critical Care Surgery, Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, Medical College of Wisconsin, 9200 W. Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, 53226, USA

    Travis P. Webb MD, MHPE

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  1. Department of Surgery, Lincoln Medical Center, Bronx, New York, USA

    Jay A. Yelon

  2. Department of Surgery, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois, USA

    Fred A. Luchette

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Brasel, K.J., Webb, T.P. (2014). End-of-Life Care. In: Yelon, J., Luchette, F. (eds) Geriatric Trauma and Critical Care. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8501-8_36

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